| DRUMMAJOR | A baton carrier (4-5) |
| TEMPO | Something a baton carrier might pick up |
| TWIRLING | Action for a baton carrier |
| POLICEMAN | Baton carrier on his beat |
| RELAYRACE | A race in which sprinters pass a baton to teammates (5,4) |
| TRUNCHEON | A baton used by a constable rather than a conductor |
| ELECTRODE | Conductor to choose a baton with a point at the end (9) |
| MAJORETTE | Person who leads a marching band, twirling a baton (9) |
| YALERELAY | New Haven event with a baton |
| RELAYTEAM | Group with a baton |
| CALLIOPES | A baton wielder (9) |
| CONDUCTOR | A baton wielder (9) |
| ORCHESTRA | Band of musicians with a baton-waving conductor at the helm (9) |
| TWIRL | A curly figure, flourish or squiggle; a twiddle with the thumbs; a pirouette or rapid gyration; something wound, such as a coil; or, a spin of a baton (5) |
| WAND | Something slender and supple, such as a cutting, osier, sapling, stick, or switch; a baton, caduceus or rod of a conductor, conjurer, diviner, fairy or magician; a mark in archery; or, a "spoolie" for |
| LOAF | A baton, bloomer or boule of baked bread; a block of soap; a sugar cone; or, one's head/sense (4) |
| LATHI | Some policemen call a thin stick a baton (5) |
| DRUMMAJORETTE | The female leader of a marching band who twirls a baton (4,7) |
| THREEMENINABOAT | Funny story, flailing a baton after agitato? Me neither (5,3,2,1,4) |
| RELAY | A kind of footracing event that involves four runners per team, each member carrying a baton for 25 percent of the total distance before passing it to the next team runner. (5) |
